Resilient city is a hot issue in academic research and urban construction practice in recent years. This paper summarizes the definition，research emphases and development of the theory of resilient cities in different disciplines at home and abroad，and the progress and results of the construction of resilient cities in China from the aspects of urban planning，ecological resilience，disaster prevention and resistance，emergency management system and other key aspects. This paper points out that the current urban construction in our country is faced with prominent problems that the national spatial planning，the infrastructure construction，the urban governance management capacity and urban ecological environment construction all lag behind the development needs. In the face of disasters，the robustness，redundancy，adaptability and resilience of cities are obviously insufficient and generally lack of urban resilience. Therefore，combining with international experience，this paper puts forward some countermeasures and suggestions to strengthen the construction of resilient cities in China from the aspects of strengthening the top-level design of resilient cities，improving the supporting laws and regulations，reinforcing the resilience of infrastructure and ecological environment，enhancing the disaster prevention and emergency management capacity by using smart means，and strengthening the disaster prevention and emergency response capacity of the grassroots.